#Microsoft reveals advantages of a connected workforce.

The younger demographics are one of the world’s heaviest users of social technologies and platforms. As a result, companies have found benefit in using a different channel to bring them together through social tools. According to the Asia-wide IDC Enterprise Social Survey sponsored by Microsoft, 52% of companies in Singapore have an enterprise social network in place and another 23% plan to integrate one in the next 18 months. The survey included medium and large enterprises from across three sub-regions in Asia Pacific. The factors driving this trend in the region include a younger workforce, early adoption of gadgets and social media, as well as cultural trends such as relationship-focused business dealings.